In the far future, aliens wielding mysterious technology colonize a planet that knows itself only as Terran. Decades after the Terrans cast off their oppressors, toxins begin leaking from the aliens' artifacts, poisoning the fisheries upon which the Terrans depend. Thus begins an interplanetary search for new fisheries. Short story.

The year is 2360. Elysium Biodome V, an isolated poultry farming colony on Mars, has discovered the secrets to human harmony.The community gathers for its 280th annual Conclave, a celebration of love, community, and chickens.

The year is 2043, and simple pleasures are hard to come by.A new invention out of Silicon Valley promises to bring safe and affordable pleasure to the masses. Days before the device enters manufacturing, a dangerous bug is discovered that could bring the nation to its knees.A novella of 18,500 words.

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A chilling speculative fiction short story of drone warfare set in the near future.Russia's war against Ukraine has ended with Russia's defeat. Much credit is given to Ukraine's secretive AI technology for managing drone swarms.Ukraine's swarm management tech hides a secret known only to a notorious band of anonymous video gamers, The Lords of the New Church. The Lords have sworn themselves to self-imposed vows of secrecy. A reporter suspects there's more to the story and s...

The all new 2018 edition of The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide. Updated and expanded with 65 book marketing ideas and dozens of new insights that will help authors, publishers and book marketers make their books more discoverable and more desirable to readers. Learn how how to put more of your marketing on "autopilot" so you can spend more time writing and less time marketing. Includes new "Deep Dive" bonus sections covering social media strategy for authors, how...

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Welcome to Boob Tube, a novel that takes readers behind the scenes of the wild and wacky world of daytime television soap operas.When Actress Gina Martin lands a role on a top daytime soap, she soon discovers herself immersed in a strange world filled with mystery, intrigue and danger. Days after she joins the cast, her predecessor is found dead in the Hollywood hills. Will Gina be next?Boob Tube introduces a cast of characters inspired by real soap opera ...

The early 1980s brought dramatic changes in East-West relations. The decade began with the death of Yugoslavia's Tito, the birth of Poland's Solidarity trade union, and the U.S. election of Ronald Reagan as president. These key developments, together with the growing financial insolvency of the Soviet bloc and shifts in power in the Kremlin-culminating in the election of Mikhail Gorbachev as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985-signalled the end of an era. S...

The 2020 edition of The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, now covering ebook presales! Offers 66 book marketing ideas and dozens of insights that will help authors, publishers and book marketers make their books more discoverable and more desirable to readers. Learn how how to put more of your marketing on "autopilot" so you can spend more time writing and less time marketing. Includes new "Deep Dive" bonus sections covering social media strategy for authors, how to work with beta readers, ...

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